Prostitution, and explosion of AIDS in ethopia does effect the spread of the virus in Djoubite, however ignorance , and lack of AIDS awareness does more damage than the prostitutes in the streets of Djoubite. This is particulary damaging considering the fact young people in Djoubite are very sexually active, perhaps the most sexually active somalis. Education about the dangers of the disease and change in behavior should slow the spread.

Scorpion...Everything is well yaar....I have been away for awhile coz I thought the site shut down for good. Anyway It is good to see yu...I missed the scorpion. Back to the subject.....I guess we are in agreement then...I just was wondering if people even the most loyal partners would cheat if the oppurtunity present itself, and they feel that they will not be caught.

Devil's Ad....If you posted this article to bring attention to the situation in your local mosques, and also inspire other sistas, and brothers to re-examine the situation for women in the mosques elsewhere, then please be proactive, and actually do something. Organize women in your town,and form committees that would present your greivences to the mosque trustee. Iam sure most of mosque leaders are reasonable, and would listen to your complaints. Also listen what the mosque leaders have to say as they too have their own greivances. They might have financial constraints, or fears (real or imagined)about Muslims possibly deviating from Islam. Do yourn best to alleviate their fears,and raise funds if they are shortage of funds. Anyway, only through managed organization, education, and genuine discussion one bring about change.

We cheat for the thrill of it.Every new affair is challenge, and conquest. N if we get caught, it is very easy to turn everything around and blame the woman for our infedility. Women have invest alot of emotions in the relationships, usually blame themselves, or atleast it takes awhile before they realise it is not their fault. P.S. Hormones or no hormones, people make conscious decisions when they cheat. Blaming everything on one's boiligical makeup is cheap shot.

It is funny the Somali Guys that bash Somali Women are the ones that are not able to engage any conversation with the Xalimos romantically or otherwise. Their inability to approach Somali women turns into frustration which leads to bashing. Come on my fellow Faaraxs, stop being a chicken, and make some moves.What is the worst thing a woman could do to you other then saying No. No harm done, and move on. Try your moves on the next Xalimo. I can't believe Faarax would stand by, and watch a Ethio walk away with a sista. As for the issue of Sumcad, Ok there is Somali gay in our town. In Somali standard, that's the worst thing one could become.Somali males are no different than from female counterparts when it comes to follow the accepted Islamic code of behavior. Besides, whether you are in the States, China or Somalia, there were, are and will be Somali guys will do anything that moves, and Somali girls that will put out faster then one could say hello. N every society is da same.

My sympathy goes out to everyone in Iraq including those kidnapped, but those who chosed to work there took a calculated risk by being part of this choas. His religion and ethnicity is beside the point. P.S I thought Somaliaonline went out of business for good. Good to be back.

Crap.......Who gave this nut an access to mass media. Not bright Fella, Just another reactionary Faarax. He wants to open an embassy in areas where "the terrorists" rule......LoL Whats his next bright idea....Screening centers for nomadic camel herders coming from SomaliGalbeed n Somalia. I mean come on, we know the Somali passport is worthless....Thats not todays news. The every Somali knows this fact. I guess the recent events prompted Mr Hirsi Jaamac to write this qabiil diatribe, a lame attempt at sincere discusions.Plz save us trouble. If you want ina yusuf, You know where he is. Wishing him dead or begging the international community won't make him disappear. Just one more thing....Sland is of no use either. Somalis are only good at atogazoning each other. Wixii nuulba waa iska hadlaan so keep on ranting. N damn it these webiste, awdelnews, allpuntland, gedonet, etc should be improve their standards when it comes to publishing "articles" or be shut down......Too many qabiil mouth sites.

Crap.......Who gave this nut an access to mass media. Not bright Fella, Just another reactionary Faarax. He wants to open an embassy in areas where "the terrorists" rule......LoL Whats his next bright idea....Screening centers for nomadic camel herders coming from SomaliGalbeed n Somalia. I mean come on, we know the Somali passport is worthless....Thats not todays news. The every Somali knows this fact. I guess the recent events prompted Mr Hirsi Jaamac to write this qabiil diatribe, a lame attempt at sincere discusions.Plz save us trouble. If you want ina yusuf, You know where he is. Wishing him dead or begging the international community won't make him disappear. Just one more thing....Sland is of no use either. Somalis are only good at atogazoning each other. Wixii nuulba waa iska hadlaan so keep on ranting. N damn it these webiste, awdelnews, allpuntland, gedonet, etc should be improve their standards when it comes to publishing "articles" or be shut down......Too many qabiil mouth sites.

War Sophist...I can't believe yu turn yourself in. I thought yu were gonna remain an outlaw....The lucky sista that tamed yu must be one tough Sherrif....You know wat dat means....Hard times in prison...LoL....Ok enough with my sarcascism. Congrats Walaal Wishing you and the sista the best of luck.

The famous picture of the Afghani girl, the picture first on the National explorer. Another famous image from Vietnam. Luckly the kid in the survived,but she was burned badly though

Here are some of the most memorable images in the last century. A monk protesting in Vietnam by setting fire himself on himself The famouse Che-Guevara picture..Most reproduced Image in the world.

LooooooooooooooooooL...well , he get his hands full..., and she would need a pair of night vision goggles.

Well If I say we somali Americans are cooler, then that means we are not cool....Anyway I all gotta say thanks God we are not in that little rainy island, n we are not anybody's subjects...LoL

Baashi...I do understand the situation, and I for one wouldn't aim for unrealistic solutions. We obviously can't return to Somalia, make little noise, and expect everything will fall to the right place. Any solution in Somalia won't come easy. The least we could however is set fire on the feet of these warmongers(warlords) by trying to bring the somalis abroad under one umbrella organization which hopefully will advocate justice for Somalis at home. I believe those of us abroad do have means and capibilities to effect changes back home. Uniting Somalis won't be an easy task since those abroad have the same tribalism problem, but we could make an effort to atleast try to unite them. Besides, Somalis abroad know what life could be, and how other countries have progressed. They also understand regardless of your qabiil, no Somali other than the warlords is benefitting from the current situation. Whether you are from Bosaso, kismayo, Baidio, Beledwyne,or mogadisho, all Somalis face the same reality, no future, no education for their kids, no security or no protection against diseases. Those issues can unite us since every Somali is in the situation. But agian it will be difficult.

Baashi.....We go nowhere. As long as people like you and me just sit around, and ask endless questions, Nothing will change. The young and educated must take charge now.After all the SYL were bunch of young determined men who saw light, and rose to the occasion. Somalia needs a cultural and political revolution to rid itself off ignorance and blind obedience to tribes. Sadly I think this generation won't able to do that, and we in the west are testament to that.

Somalia is not cursed. It is simply a nation trapped in culture of ignorance and arrogance, and lacks the will to transform itself.The Somali culture despite some infusion of modernity have never really grew to accomodate the needs of modern day Somalis.

Namaste I have theory...here goes I think they have been asking the same question for so long,that their fingers simply get used to typing these words without conscious thinking. In other words, there is disconnect between their brains and fingers. It is classic case of Ivan Pavlov conditioning, except in this case there are no dogs, bell rings, or food involved. In Pavlov experiment, the dogs associate food with the bell ring. I guess in this particular sitaution, these ppl associate this question with chatting. Well now, where r u at?....LoL Later Yaar

LooooooooooooooooooL...That tuur was funny. Love that riwaayid, used to be glued to the TV whenever it was shown on TV back home. Here is my qoute, might be paraphasing a little since I don't remember the exact words. I don't remember the Riwaayad name,but I think Ow Koonbay was in it..... here is goes " Dhuqdii hooyadaa aheed bilay kula foolanasay, Maalin Arbaco iyo sabti soo galaysaa dhalatay, Adeb dara kugu jirta umada madaxee kaynaan, adiga dhinaca keentay, dhinaca".

Lander....Saaxib, everybdoy here is badmouthing everyone else n Slanders are no different. Actually this forum is more a fadhi ku dirir battle for Slanders and Planders more specifically the two major qabiils that hail from those regions. Anyway I was actually referring to the fact that every time some an aid worker is killed or murdered in Sland. It has became fashionably thing for Sland gov and media to point fingers at Somalis in ******ia and Somalia, and painting them as being the number one enemy and brand them as terrorists. They are indeed Somalis that want to see Sland fail, but to slander and blame all Somalis would be mistake. Just one more thing, there are enough guns out there already to last a century. Maybe yu should spend money on social problems instead military growth.

I didn't like Magool as person considering active role in the Somali civil war, but she was singer and motivator, and even patriot blinded by the qabiil culture in Somalia. I can't blame her though, every somali was more or less qabiil fanatic, and she was no different. May ALLAH Bless Her Soul. She shall miss her beautiful voice.

Somalis N Conspiracy tales. First these men were ONLF fighters, next ILI-Tixaad or TNG boys, or perhaps Pland Militia....LoL...what next..the free masons...lol Qudhac....Saaxib why would anybody spend 70,000 dollars to kill a couple of NGO workers. It doesn't make sense. If any Somali is remotely interested in the destabilization of Sland, They won't go around killing NGOs. They will do it the old fashion way....Start a tribal warfare. N believe me the recipe for war is there in Sland. Just wondering, Does demonizing somalis became Sland sport? Wierd how many ppl in forum badmouthing Somalia and SomaliGalbeed. Take my advice, antigonizing Somalis any further will not advance your cause.

Customary Laws.....Interesting. I do favor customary laws, but sadly I think traditional leaders of today do not look out for the interest of perspective tribes. Besides I think confederacy looks good in paper, but might not work out in real life since all minorities and smaller tribes are going to be under-represented. We need central goverment that can protect the rights of all individual somalis in every regions, a federal goverment perhaps.

The Pashtuns consider Ben Laden and Co as their guests. Giving up one's guest to an adversary is no no in Pashtun culture.They will literally fight to death in order to protect Ben Laden.Giving up Ben Laden "their guest" equals to dishonoring the Pashtun way of doing things. N Pashtun wants to see that since Pashtuns place honor above everything else. Anyway they are great ppl with unique culture. I had few Pashtun friends, interesting bunch.

Originally posted by Spadez: The reason you and I dissagree is not one based on ideology, say with Horn Afrique, Soyaal, and Che however misguided would like to see Somaliland as an integral part of the Union, because they believe in Pan-Somalia as a principle. With them, a debate can be had on principles and ideas. You can't debate with some one who sees things through tribal lines. Saaxib, If the Che that you refer to is me, then you have misqouted me. On contrary, as southerner, I support the breakway republic to go its own way. If Somaliland doesn't want to be an integral part of Somalia. It is fine by me. I do believe in Pan Somali Ideology or more specifically Pan Somali Ideology that encourages the unity of all willing somali regions . The key thing is choice.

Sahal...Saxiib, we can all agree that no qabiil in the south wants to secede from Somali proper.Obviously there are issues to be solved,but I doubt any Southerner would want to farther divide the country. As for the matter of SSH, that depends on what the tribes inhabiting SSH decide.Despite what many believe,neither Hargeysa nor Mogadisho/Garowe can impose their will on SSH people. The final decision will be theirs only, and everyone will have to accept it. Mob...Saaxib, Iam well aware of Qabiil politics. N If thats what SLand would engage, and they will be in a rude awakening. The Somali civil war was awkful,but one thing it taught us all is that no one qabiil can impose their will on the rest of Somalis. Whether they are part of Sland or Somalia, one thing is certian people of SSH will not be second citizens in their own lands.